The advancement of South Africa’s Basic Education System is crippled by the increasing number of learner repetition and drop-out rates year-on-year. The thousands of active, community-based organisations working in the Non-Profit Education sector may be our only hope of progress. Read our op-ed on the necessity of investing in After School programmes to reduce the … Read more
From this October edition, we share lessons of best practices from our Western Cape Community of Practice on M&E, the OASIS School of Dialogue in Port Elizabeth, and hashtag #GivingTuesday from the Gauteng Director’s Circle. We also reflect on the nature of collaborations from the National Imbizo 2019 on school partnerships, and reveal an exciting … Read more
This is the second edition of our quarterly newsletter, named after our slogan: ‘Beyond the Classroom’. From this edition we share lessons from our collaboration with the After School Programme Office, introduce a new member to The Learning Trust team, and reveal some exciting projects by our partners in the After School Sector. Read the … Read more
We are excited to launch and share our first quarterly newsletter, named after our slogan: ‘Beyond the Classroom’. Beyond the Classroom will share content that will highlight lessons from our work, the development and achievements of our grantees, interesting news from the After School sector, as well as upcoming events to look out for. Read … Read more
2018 was a wonderfully productive year for The Learning Trust! It was a year of slow but steady expansion, great learning and extensive strategising.We awarded grants to over 60 emerging non-profits across 3 provinces, and continued to support them through their organisational development. The Learning Trust also unveiled a new brand identity and website, and … Read more
Welcome to our new look website and fresh brand identity! Here, you will learn about our programme, its people and its stories. In our 8th year of existence, The Learning Trust continues to embrace learning in our approach to grant-making with a focus on strengthening the capacity of emerging education non-profits. We are continually refining and … Read more